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There is little [[doubt ]] that [[Alain ]] [[Badiou ]] is one of the most challenging and controversial [[figures ]] in contemporary [[philosophy]]. This volume of essays brings together leading commentators from both sides of the Atlantic to provide an introduction to Badiou’s [[work ]] through critical studies of his more productive and controversial [[ideas]].

Over the course of [[three ]] decades, his numerous and extensive [[texts ]] have challenged traditional views on [[ontology]], [[mathematics]], [[aesthetics]], [[literature]], [[politics]], [[ethics]], philosophy, and [[sexual ]] [[difference]]. His texts on [[Plato]], Saint [[Paul]], [[Pascal]], [[Lacan]], [[Althusser]], [[Heidegger]], [[Mallarme]], Pessoa, and Beckett are among the most perceptive and penetrating essays on contemporary [[philosophical ]] and [[literary ]] [[culture]]. In addition to providing insight into the basic [[conceptual ]] [[apparatus ]] of Badiou’s philosophy, the essays also offer a more substantial critical assessment of the import of his main theses for different disciplines.

Contributors include [[Bruno Bosteels]], Ray Brassier, [[Joan Copjec]], Simon [[Critchley]], [[Miguel de Beistegui]], Juliet Flower MacCannell, Pierre Macherey, Norman Madarasz, Tracy McNulty, Jean-Michel Rabate, and Gabriel Riera.